Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Chapter 1. Perception metaphors 1
5. Chapter 2. Words of sense 17
6. Chapter 3. Perception metaphors in cognitive linguistics 43
7. Chapter 4. Perception metaphor in English 65
8. Chapter 5. Metaphors and perception in the lexicon 85
9. Chapter 6. Synaesthetic metaphors are neither synaesthetic nor metaphorical 105
10. Chapter 7. Sensory experiences, meaning and metaphor 127
11. Chapter 8. Taste metaphors in Hieroglyphic Egyptian 145
12. Chapter 9. Why do we understand music as moving? 165
13. Chapter 10. Approaching perceptual qualities 185
14. Chapter 11. Grounding mental metaphors in touch 209
15. Chapter 12. Polysemy of the Estonian perception verb nägema ‘to see’ 231
16. Chapter 13. Evidential vindication in next turn 253
17. Chapter 14. Sensory perception metaphors in sign languages 275
18. Chapter 15. Metaphors of perception in Japanese Sign Language 303
19. Chapter 16. Perception and metaphor 327
20. Chapter 17. Perception verbs in context 347
21. List of metaphors 369
22. Index 373